Section II: Questions

  1. What month is considered American Diabetes month?

  2. What does IPMA stand for?

  3. What is diabetes mellitus?

  4. How many new cases of diabetes are diagnosed each day?

  5. What are the long-term effects of elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia)?

  6. What are the symptoms of hyperglycemia?

  7. Hyperglycemia causes the inability to manufacture or properly produce what?

  8. The World Health Organization expects the number of new diabetics to increase or decrease over the next 25 years?

  9. According to a recent survey, about how many lower limb amputations are performed annually due to complications from diabetes?

  10. Diabetes is the leading cause of?

  11. Is there a cure for diabetes?

  12. Diabetes is the ___ leading cause of death by disease in the United States?

  13. If you have diabetes, what things can you do to help adjust?

  14. By just looking at your feet, you would know you were diabetic if you saw what things?

  15. Who should you contact if you have any of the diabetic symptoms?

  16. What is a callus?

  17. What are some of the things that may cause a callus to form?

  18. What is a bunion?

  19. What are some of the things that may cause a bunion to form?

  20. What is a corn?

  21. What are some of the things that may cause a corn to form?

  22. What are ingrown toenails?

  23. What are some of the things that may cause an ingrown toenail to form?

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